Comments on: It’s National Dog Day! Did Your Ancestors Have Dogs?http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs The official blog of AncestryTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:41:10 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2By: Judy Burnshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-123627 Judy BurnsWed, 04 Sep 2013 14:48:58 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-123627I have a photo take of one set of great grandparents standing outside their farm house (as photos were taken back in that time period) with their dog, Babe, sitting on a chair between them. It makes me chuckle every time I look at it. I never knew these great grandparents but the photo tells me a lot about the kind of people they were. We are all attached to our dogs, aren’t we? ]]>By: Carla Whitehttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-123621 Carla WhiteWed, 04 Sep 2013 14:32:58 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-123621My great-grandfather had a dog named “Shep”, who walked with Great Grandpa Steve on his mail route, and delivered the mail to his upstairs customers. Shep had a harness fitted out with a little bear holding a flag. Shep wore this bear-harness in parades in my hometown early in the 20th century. Shep also was known for his love for donuts. He was quite famous in our small Kansas town, and people were very fond of him. Shep died saving Grandpa Steve from a wild boar in Georgia. His photo and story are in the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC. Grandpa Steve, his son Alva and his grandson Bill were all postal workers. ]]>By: It’s National Dog Day! Did Your Ancestors Have Dogs? | Eating disorders simple treatmentshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-122502 It’s National Dog Day! Did Your Ancestors Have Dogs? | Eating disorders simple treatmentsMon, 02 Sep 2013 05:12:46 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-122502[...] Read more… [...] ]]>By: Andrew Kolsteehttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-121364 Andrew KolsteeFri, 30 Aug 2013 07:21:40 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-121364I have a few photos of my great-great grandparents from the 1920s and/or 1930s with their dog. My great-great grandfather was a farmer. ]]>By: patti valentihttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-120006 patti valentiTue, 27 Aug 2013 09:48:47 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-120006Like the others that posted I also have photos of family back to the early 1900s it would be great it there was away to access pet license applications. ]]>By: Kathy Jo Bryanthttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-119907 Kathy Jo BryantTue, 27 Aug 2013 04:50:01 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-119907My grandfather had two miniature Doberman Pinschers. Their names were Lum and Abner. They loved to take walks with him down to his fish ponds in Southern Alabama. On the way back from the walk, he playfully tossed Lum in the fishpond. Of course he swam right out. However, Abner would have nothing to do with him for a long time, thinking my grandpa had been mean to his pal. I do have a picture of him with his dogs, but I don’t know just where it is. I would love to share it. ]]>By: Erinhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-119891 ErinTue, 27 Aug 2013 03:28:15 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-119891I have a wonderful photo of my grandmother with her dog Pancho, circa the 1930s, and a photo of my great-grandfather with his puppy in the very early 1900s. I love seeing pets in old photos. ]]>By: Terrihttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-119887 TerriTue, 27 Aug 2013 03:03:10 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-119887My family is from SE Ky and there were a lot of hunting dogs. Anyway, my dad’s favorite’s were these two blue tick hounds he named Lee and Grant. They were from the same lineage as the blue ticks his deceased father had owned. Really sweet. ]]>By: Marti Bieglerhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-119879 Marti BieglerTue, 27 Aug 2013 02:44:05 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-119879When searching the Vital Records of Lee, Maine, I happened across the dog licenses. Interesting to see which ancestors had dogs and what they named them. ]]>By: Paul Bradyhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/08/26/its-national-dog-day-did-your-ancestors-have-dogs/#comment-119874 Paul BradyTue, 27 Aug 2013 02:16:29 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11364#comment-119874I have 4 gen of pics of us with our dogs on Schroeder side;3 gen on Brady side. As I sit here with my furbabe, Charka, a proud GSD, I would like to think we are ‘people of the dog’ Happy dog days! ]]>